Nigeria: Hundreds Killed in Violence in Jos Nov 30, 2008
Salifu said: "CAN is sick and tired of these type of repetitive crises that keep happening in Jos, Bauchi, Kano, Maiduguri, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna and host of other places in Nigeria with attendant loss of lives and properties. We are calling on all the people of the state to be calm and also calling on the state government to promptly put a stop to the killings and burning and find a way of addressing future issues before they degenerate into killings.". Page 1 of 2. (allAfrica.com)
Budget '09 still hangs, Senate to screen 13 ministers Nov 19, 2008
His international awards and recognitions include honorary degrees from Italy, USA, Knight of the British Empire, Officer of the Legion d'Honneur, France, Order of Liberator, First Class, Venezuela, as well as doctorate degrees from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Maiduguri and University of Benin. He also holds the national honour, CFR.. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Petrol marketers threaten strike over N17b debt Nov 11, 2008
He told The Guardian that the marketers from the North East zone, comprising Gombe, Adamawa, Jos and Maiduguri, had at a recent meeting resolved to notify IPMAN's National Secretariat of their plan to embark on an indefinite strike. He therefore appealed to all stakeholders in the petroleum industry to intervene and ensure that they were paid to avert the impending strike action by the group's members across the country. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria: Oil Boom Likely in North - Experts Nov 1, 2008
Disclosing that there are three prospective sub-basins-Gubio, Maiduguri and Baga Lake, in the Chad basin, he stated that "any find in any of these sub-basins would be named after them.". On oil blocks allocation in the north, Ojoh said: "The Federal Government gave these oil blocks so that the exploration and Production companies would be able to make finds in the region.". (allAfrica.com)
Govt to put N88b monetisation benefits in budget Oct 23, 2008
" The FEC also ratified Yar'Adua's anticipatory approval for award of contract for the procurement, installation and networking of six new S-Band Doppler Weather Radars at six of the nation's airports. The contract was awarded to an American manufacturer at a cost of $13.5 million while the radars are to be installed in Abuja, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kano, Maiduguri and Ilorin. Odey said: "The contract is for the radar coverage of the whole country. The aim is that our weather conditions are... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
Nigeria: Country Signs MoU on Power Supply With Germany Aug 22, 2008
com: Nigeria: Country, Germany Sign MoU on Power Supply (Page 1 of 1). Use our pull-down menus to find more stories. (allAfrica.com)
Yar'Adua appoints new service chiefs Aug 21, 2008
" Chiefs of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs since May 29, 1999 are as follows: Chiefs of Defence Staff: Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi (Kogi State) General Alexander Ogomudia (Delta) General Martin Luther Agwai (Kaduna) General Andrew Owoye Azazi (Bayelsa) Chiefs of Army Staff: Lt Gen Victor Malu (Benue) Gen Alexander Ogomudia (Delta) Gen Martin Luther Agwai (Kaduna) Gen Andrew Owoye Azazi (Bayelsa) Lt Gen Luka Yusuf (Kaduna) Chiefs of the Naval Staff: Vice Admiral Victor Ombu (Bayelsa) Vice Admiral... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Teachers suspend strike Jul 30, 2008
Labour opposes removal of oil subsidy By Dele Fanimo (Lagos) Tunji Omofoye (Osogbo) and Njadvara Musa (Maiduguri). TEACHERS nationwide via their union, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) called off their six-week-old industrial action yesterday. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
No War In Niger Delta, Says Army Jun 28, 2008
Speaking at a briefing to kick start the 145th anniversary celebration of the Nigerian Army, Yusuf stated that for the Army, "the Niger Delta is just like other parts of Nigeria. Nobody has declared war over there. We are there just like we are in Sokoto, Maiduguri, Minna, Jos, Enugu, Lagos, Ibadan and other places. So, for soldiers searching for weapons in some communities in some States, the soldiers don't need orders from anyone to go in search of their weapons. They are duty-bound to... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Foreign National Nabbed With Arms Jun 22, 2008
The state Comptroller of Immigration, Alhaji Mohammed Sambo Gwandu, paraded the Chadian at the weekend in Maiduguri, alleging that he entered into the country through illegal means without traveling papers. Gwandu said his men arrested the immigrant a few days after immigration officials at the border nabbed a Cameroonian with 33 rounds of live ammunition, seven magazines, two cutlasses and local charms along the same border, 30 days ago. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
13 firms get licences to import cement Jun 17, 2008
Others include Minaj Holdings Enugu, Madewell Products Sapele, Bua International Kano, N.I.C.A Maiduguri, Reagan Renaissance, Calabar and Maan Lababidi, Lagos. The minister regretted that although cement was supposed to be a very cheap product, its price has escalated to more than N2, 000 per bag. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
What's in the soup?Pictures show Nigeria's undimmed relish for endangered bush meat May 15, 2008
The portion of Iguana meat on the left comes from Maiduguri, near the border with Chad. Sarah has bought a warthog which she has boiled. (BBC News -- Africa)
There is enough fuel in stock, say NNPC, PPMC Apr 2, 2008
The Guardian observed that with the exception of the NNPC Mega station at Maiduguri Road, which sells products almost daily, virtually all other major and independent marketers were without fuel. It was a tug of war at the NNPC mega station yesterday as motorists and housewives scrambled to gain access to the fuel pump. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Saharan wind particularly tough this year Mar 17, 2008
Thankfully it didn't last as long as this year," said Joseph Lau, a 56-year-old deputy keeper at the Maiduguri Zoo in northern Nigeria. At the zoo, employees shipped in extra rocks for the amphibians - providing more spots for the snakes to warm their blood after one of the long, cold nights the harmattan brings. Zookeepers exercise the elephants each morning to burn off the chill. For many along the West African coast, the harmattan is a nuisance that fills lungs with dust and blows in... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Govt denies plan to raise electricity tariff Feb 22, 2008
According to sources, the President delayed his trip to Maiduguri, Borno State, following media reports on the increase in electricity tariff and the controversy over the sale of NITEL/M-Tel to Transcorp. The President had at the meeting said that his government would not increase any tariff on electricity until there is stable power supply in Nigeria. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Unused hospital razed in Nigeria Feb 16, 2008
The General Hospital in Maiduguri was built in 2006 but the state government refused to open it until the president came to cut the ribbon. Several surgical theatres, the intensive care ward, and the clinical section which held millions of dollars of equipment were all destroyed. (BBC News -- Health)
Judicial workers' demands unrealistic, says Supreme Court Feb 8, 2008
"How can a judicial worker at the state judiciary leave Kano or Maiduguri, for instance, and come to Abuja to prevent the Chief Justice of Nigeria and the President of the Court of Appeal from entering their courts and carrying out their duties? That act was unfortunate; they were wrong. Even when you protest under a civilised culture, you can only control your members. But for those who are not members of your union, they have a right to decide whether or not they want to work. Yet, the union... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Defence minister admits loss of arms Feb 8, 2008
" "We have relocated our chancery from Chad to Maiduguri. The Chad River Basin Development Authority has also been relocated. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Reps move to curb PPPRA over fuel pricing Feb 8, 2008
He added that the refugees had entered Maiduguri, the state capital and urged urgent action against the situation. The Minority Leader, Ali Ndume, who supported the motion, said that the more worrisome aspect of the development was security. (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Nigeria:Govt Puts Army On Alert Over Chadian Crisis Feb 3, 2008
In Maiduguri, the Borno State command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, in conjunction with the police, has beefed up security along Nigeria's border with Chad. The Comptroller of Immigration, Alhaji Mohammed Gwandu, told NAN that there is no report of influx of foreign nationals into Nigeria. (allAfrica.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Nigeria: Why I Was Fired - Central Bank Deputy [interview] Nov 18, 2007
I joined the bank in December 1990 as a senior manager and rose to the position of a deputy governor in May 2004 after rendering very productive services at the University of Maiduguri as deputy bursar and also serving as a commissioner in Borno State. I told the president that Charles Soludo was just being biased and discriminative towards me as a female deputy governor," she said. Page 1 of 21 Share this story on: AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over , plus more than , who are... (allAfrica.com)
Fund paucity threatens Lagos-Kano rail project Nov 12, 2007
" The minister recalled the contributions of the Nigerian railways to national development in its glorious heydays, and regretted that within the last 20 years, the NRC had declined drastically, partly because of increased competition from road transport and the integral problems of management inertia, poor funding, aged and ageing assets which have not been renewed. She admitted that the 25-year rail development plan started in 2006 with the award of the first phase of standard gauge rail line... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Nigeria: Floods Leave Thousands Homeless Aug 7, 2007
In the northeastern state of Borno, floods washed away the Damboa bridge linking the state capital Maiduguri with three neighbouring states. Three people drowned in Borno's Chibok district when water swept away homes, Ibrahim Musa, a local government official, said. (allAfrica.com)
African oncologist picks N.D. as her home base Aug 6, 2007
Okoro received her undergraduate degree in medicine and surgery at the University of Nigeria, and her medical degree from the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria. She completed her residency in internal medicine and her fellowship in medical oncology at Howard University and the District of Columbia General Hospital in Washington before she and her husband, who was practicing medicine in Los Angeles, went hunting for a home base. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Nigeria: Children Dying Needlessly From Measles And Other Preventable Diseases Jul 12, 2007
The viral disease, transmitted both by air and by bodily fluids, was first reported on 19 June in the village of Njimtilo in the outskirts of the Borno state capital Maiduguri, and then quickly spread to five adjoining local areas including Konduga, Jere, Damboa, Bama and metropolitan Maiduguri. Health officials have frequently blamed low immunisation rates for such outbreaks, as well as outbreaks of polio, diphtheria and tuberculosis. (allAfrica.com)
Measles kills Nigerian children Jun 20, 2007
Children with reddish spots on their skin are being taken to hospitals in Maiduguri. A doctor at a teaching hospital there told the BBC he feared the toll could be higher. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria:Engineer Mohammed Sani Alhassan Replaces El-Rufai as Abuja Minister Jun 2, 2007
Ambassador Kingibe, was born in Maiduguri, Borno state, on June 25, 1945. He attended the University of Sussex, England in 1968 and received training at the British Broadcasting Corpo-ration Television Training School in London. (allAfrica.com)
Fears raised that Islamic law will expand under new president May 5, 2007
Muslim rioters in Nigeria in 2006 were incensed over cartoons of Muhammad published in Denmark, and more than 130 Christians in the Nigerian cities of Maiduguri and Onitsha were slaughtered. The reports documented six children burned to ashes in front of their father, VOM said. (WorldNetDaily)
Nigeria 'lesbian wedding' denied Apr 29, 2007
A picture of Aunty Maiduguri from a leaflet given to guests ... Aunty Maiduguri told the BBC the reports of her wedding were false, and that she was not a lesbian ... Aunty Maiduguri insisted she "never practised" lesbianism. (BBC News)
Lesbian eludes arrest after wedding women Apr 27, 2007
An estimated 2,000 guests watched Aunty Maiduguri, 45, wed the four women in a sumptuous ceremony that was followed by two days of feasting and merry-making. But neighbors tipped off the authorities, who enforce Sharia law. (CNN -- World)
Nigeria: Ballot Box Snatching and Underage Voting Mar Elections Apr 16, 2007
However, reports from our correspondents in Lagos, Ibadan, Katsina, Maiduguri, Jalingo, Makurdi and many other states show that yesterday's elections were far from being successful. In Ondo state, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Josiah Nwazuruonye, confirmed that the elections were massively rigged by politicians. (allAfrica.com)
Too Close to Call in 16 States Apr 15, 2007
Results from THISDAY Polls indicated that Sheriff is popular with the masses outside Maiduguri metropolitan council. Page 1 of 2. (allAfrica.com)
The Yar'Adua/Jonathan Combination [Opinion] Mar 28, 2007
From Aba to Abaji, Benin to Birnin Kebbi, Calabar to Kafanchan, Lagos to Lafia, Makurdi to Maiduguri, it was the same disturbing news everywhere. Have you heard. (allAfrica.com)
The Gruesome Murder Of Oluwatoyin Olusesan Mar 26, 2007
There was for example a religious dimension to the Nigerian civil war of 1967 -70, with the killing of Igbos who are mainly Christians in the Moslem North, and the declaration of secession by Igbos under the umbrella of the Republic of Biafra, in 1980, there was yet another clash between Moslems and Christians in Kano, again in Maiduguri in 1981, in Gombe in 1983, in Yola in 1984, Kafanchan in 1985, Univesrity of Ibadan in 1986, Kaduna in 1987, Kano and Bauchi in 1991, Zango Kataf and Bauchi in... (Ocnus.net)
Dog's dinnersNigerians in Abuja are straining at the leash for canine cuisine Mar 7, 2007
The claim that it cures malaria is definitely not true," says Dr Yakubu Nyandaiti a consultant at Nigeria's University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. "It cannot be true either that it boosts human immunity," he says. For Mr Nnkwo, however, an Igbo from south-eastern Nigeria, eating dog meat is a question of culture. "I hear they eat frogs in certain parts of the world. But I tell you, no matter how you cook or dress a frog, I can never eat it. (BBC News -- Africa)
Nigeria: Atiku Dismisses Buhari as Candidate Feb 18, 2007
Addressing a mammoth rally of supporters at the Ramat Square in Maiduguri, Borno State, the presidential candidate of the Action Congress (AC) said "the entire North East geo-political zone belongs to Action Congress". He described the gathering as one of peace, change and blessing, stressing further that change is imminent in Nigeria because the country needs a total change and freedom". Relevant Links Atiku who declared the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) dead in some states in the North... (allAfrica.com)
We Will Fight Corruption, Says Yar'Adua Feb 15, 2007
Michael OlugbodeMaiduguri. Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) presidential candidate, Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, said yesterday in Maiduguri , the capital of Borno State, that corruption is a cancerous disease that must be fought to a logical conclusion. (allAfrica.com)
China to help Nigeriaget back on track Feb 6, 2007
It takes about five days for a cargo truck to travel from Maiduguri in the northwest to Lagos, a distance of 1,680km. The railway modernization is one of the key components of the government's economic-reform package, aimed at a 10% annual growth rate and a 13% yearly growth rate for the transport sector. (Asia Times Online)
Nigeria: Oil-Hungry China to Help Revamp Railway Feb 4, 2007
It takes about five days for a cargo truck to travel from Maiduguri in the northwest to Lagos: a distance of 1,680 km.. The railway modernisation is one of the key components of the government's economic reform package, aimed at a 10-percent annual growth rate and a 13-percent yearly growth rate for the transport sector. (allAfrica.com)
Shifting sandsThe Sahara's rapid advance is engulfing Nigerian villages Jan 24, 2007
"The impact the advancing desert is having on communities in that area is quite serious," says Jacob Nyanganji of Nigeria's University of Maiduguri which runs a specialist centre for arid zone studies. "It is true that homes and farms have been lost to desertification in the area and it is also true that people's livelihoods have either been lost or changed completely as a result.". (BBC News -- Science)
Chad fishermen pack up their nets Jan 16, 2007
"Africa is being cheated again by the industrialised West," says Jacob Nyanganji of Nigeria's University of Maiduguri. This lake is dying and we are all dying with it. (BBC News -- Science)
Nigeria: Police Wounded by Robbers Send SOS to Obasanjo Jan 7, 2007
From Port Harcourt to Sokoto, Lagos to Maiduguri, the story is same. Recent statistics have shown that over 100 deaths were recorded in the last quarter of the year just ended resulting from armed robbery attacks in the Lagos metropolis as Christmas and the Moslem feast of Eid-el-Kabir approached. (allAfrica.com)
